HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080814700
Bassin de Djotin
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Baruten, Borgu, Kaiama, Kalalé, Ségbana
Sub-basin area
1 662km²
Upstream area
1 662km²
Discharge
11,24m³/s
Mean elev.
308m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1182.3 km²71.4% of basin
- 350.7 km²21.2% of basin
- 49.7 km²3.0% of basin
- 42.0 km²2.5% of basin
- 30.6 km²1.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kainji Lake
IUCN IINational Park
611.43 km² overlap
Borgu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
86.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
147 distinct species · 472 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 113mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
1 912mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
84cm
Forest
37%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)